BoysfanfromCanada
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For the people who are for getting AP, what's the salary cap amount you'd be willing to lose? If his 'discount' gets him to $10M/ year for 3 years would you be ok with that?
Romo has a very finite number of years remaining. To put all that faith in this running back group is like relying on those pre Tyron Smith offensive lines. It's not sensible.
You get Adrian Peterson, and we have a chance to win the super bowl every year he is here for.
We've built this team, but we still need catalytic players, and he is one of the greatest in the league. He is probably the 2nd best player in the league the last 10-15 years right behind Peyton Manning.
If you somehow don't think that is worth a 32nd pick in the draft, I'm not sure where your sensibilities come from.
Also people playing on his age and wear and tear just don't know the player. Same people who said he couldn't come back from an ACL injury, and he proved them wrong and was the NFL MVP.
People comparing this to Roy Williams and Joey Galloway are also missing the big picture. Neither of those players are hall of fame players. The Galloway trade actually made sense, and had he played with Troy we might have been able to save a couple years towards the end of his career rather then slip into 3 straight 5-11 seasons. The Roy Williams trade just didn't make a lot of sense because we overpaid for the value of the player. And you could see that when you saw another trade that same year which was Anquan Boldin. What is worse is that Roy Williams never really fit our system.
AP is a perfect fit, still in or near his prime, and would certainly put this offense over the top.
I was thinking more like 8. 5.5 of which of fully guaranteed. But who knows what he will take to come home, possibly win a sb and run behind this line ?For the people who are for getting AP, what's the salary cap amount you'd be willing to lose? If his 'discount' gets him to $10M/ year for 3 years would you be ok with that?
With DMC's injury history (only one full season since 2008) the underwear thief will likely be our starter. That is madness.
They virtually all go to seed almost over night...
We've seen it with back after back.
Could Peterson still be a top back? Yeah maybe. But should the Cowboys risk a 1st round draft pick, and a salary of at least $8 mil to see on a back on the other side of thirty who hasn't had a dominant season since '12?
Not saying i disagree, but there was a running back, i forget his name, that only had one full season in his career thus far. It will come to me, ill keep you posted
Has that running back been in the league since 2008? I think not.
As has been said numerous times already, it is irresponsible to mortgage the future by betting on an unsure thing for the present. This board will be absolutely unbearable if we make a huge deal for AD that doesn't pan out, regardless of the circumstances.
Exactly right.
This isn't a "one player" league.
And there's no doubt in my mind that there is a back either on the roster or available for little or nothing AND will command a salary of less than $2 mil per season who can rush for 1,200 yards with a 4.5 YPC average. There's absolutely no doubt in my mind.
Here's another way of looking at it...
What if Romo goes down with a very severe injury? He's already had one major back issue. And say he goes down this season, even with Adrian Peterson the team isn't going to the SB.
And now the Cowboys are in full QB search mode for next season. But they don't have a 1st round draft pick, which would absolutely necessary in order to move up in the draft to get a top-flight prospect. So now you have a team with many young, fine players but with no QB and an ancient and overpaid starting running back. What you have is the current Bill team. Lots of talent everywhere except where it counts most.
The Cowboys could languish for years without a decent QB... we've seen that. And along the way the career of all those young players is wasted.
No, that's not how I want to see it happen.
In order to get an elite qb prospect, Dallas would have to mortgage the future. You don't move into the top 10 from the late 20s or higher without giving up multiple high picks.
We need to groom a qb and we can get those guys in the 2nd or 3rd...
Exactly, if we were going to do that why not just keep Murray and your pick
That's a possibility. I'd go for that too.I am starting to think there will be trade for RB. He name just won't be Adrian Peterson.
No thaxns. Rather use the 1st rounder for a potential qb next year or use a trade up to get a top quarterback.
Would you be ok with losing Zack Martin or Gregory or Frederick in a couple years because we can't afford to keep them due to the dead money from APs contract? Because it's a real possibility with our cap situation
Hey I understand that.
But it's May 9th.
You haven't given any of the running backs currently on the roster a single opportunity to show what they can do.
If this was after the 2nd preseason game and the Cowboys were averaging 2.5 YPC I'd understand the desire to do something like make a trade. But not on May the 9th.
Just cut Brandon Carr.......................getting rid of his laughable contract would all but pay for Peterson.
O-line stays intact............problem solved.